String-plate for upright pianos.



J, DOLL, JR.

STRING PLATE FOR UPRGHT PLANOS.

' APPLICATION FILED rml?, 1912.

Patented Man 11, 1913.

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STRING-PLATE FDR UPRGHT PEANOS.

To alt whom 'it may concern.'

.Be it known that I, JACOB DOLL, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,- county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in String-Plates for Upright- Pianos, or" which the 'following is a specification:

This invention relates to an vimproved string-plate for upright pianos.

it is customary with piano manufacturers to supply customers who order a large number of pianos, with string-plates in which the name of the customer is cast into the upper right-hand corner of the string-plate above the tuning-pins for the treble and middle strings of the piano. This practice. however, requires the casting ot a special string-plate for each customer.

The object of this invent-ion is to so construct the string-plates that they can be used easily and Vat little expense for diiierentcustomers without casting a. special string-plate for eac-h one ot them; and for this purpose the invention consists of a stringplate for upright pianos which is provided at the upper corner abo-ve the treble and middle strings with an interchangeable naine-plate. and with means for covering the edges oi' the naine-plate. as will be fully described hereinafter and nallyY pointed out in the claims.

i ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front-elevation of my improved string-plate for upright pianos, Fig. '9. is a vertical transverse section, on line 2-2, l, and drawn on a larger scale, Figs. 3 and -t are respectively a-front-view and an endview of the name-plate, shown as det-ached from the string-plate. Figs. 5 and G are respectivelr7 a detail front-view and an end- View of the rim or molding extending over the upper edges of the string-platefor covering the edges of the naine-plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several tigures of the drawings. i

Referring to the drawings, 10 represents a string-plate for upright pianos. The stringplate l0 is of any approved construction and pre .ded with the usual openings l2 between the braces and the ribs 3 1 et the same.. The upper right-hand corner of the stringplate above the tuning pins o t thetreble Specification of Letters E'atent.

Appncation sied February 17, 151e.

Patented Blix-rr. irl-UME.

Serial No. 675,315.

and middle strings is cut oit, the cut-ott" portion being curved or tapering from the corner toward the middle upper portion of the string-plate, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, so as to form a recess for an interchangeable name-plate 1S which corresponds to the shapeof the recess formed at the upper portion of the string-plate. The name-plate 18 is preferably cast of the saine material as the string-plate and with the name of the customer in the saine, togetlieiwith the 'trademark-naine and other matter. The upper edge of the string-plate l-lalong the cutoti' portion is recessed or undercut, as at i3, Fig. Q, so as to seat the naine-plate i8 in said recessed or undercut edge.; rlhis recessed or undercut edge extends from the point 15 at the right-hand end of the stringpla'te to the point i6 at the upper edge of the. string-plate. as shown in Fig. l. rlhe lower edge ot the mme-plate 1S is corel-ed by the edge l-lwhile the upper and sideedges are covered b v a rim or molding 2l, 20, QQ, which forms an extension of the rims 23 and QG, that entend along the upper and side-edges of the stringplate covering the upper and side-edges of the naine-plate. as shown clearly inFigs. l and 2. The rim-- portions 523, 2li and 9,6 are preferably cest in one piece with the string-plate. the rinnportion Q-.t being` dep ed slightly between the points 1G to l5 below the rirns 23 and 26, as shown in Figs. and G. pressed rim-portion Q-lcovers the upper edges of the name-plate so as to impart the appearance as it the same were castv in one piece with the body of the string-plate, and hold it in connection with the recessed edge l in proper posit-ion.

@ver the rear-part of the upper port-.ion of the string-plate and the traine-plate extends the wrest-plank while below the wrest-p'lanlr the sounding board is arranged in the usual manner.

'Bv arranging the string-plate with a detachable and interchangeable naine-plate, one string-plate can be used for the pianos ot diierent customers, 'so as to save the expense of casting a special string-plate for each particular' customer.

l claim:

l. The combination oit' a piano stri.iig-plat4I provided with a recess at its edge, a detachable naine-plate corresponding with said re cess, means for covering the lower edge or rllhe slightly dethe nemepla'be, and e depressed im Hemi ing over the outer edge of the name-plate.

2. The combnfion of a string-plete for- 'uggright pianos piovide with a recess of' cutout at its upper right-hand corner, of e delachable name-pate, corresponding to the recessed or eutwout portion, and means for hoding the name-plete in position consist-ing of a, depressed rim extending over J@he upper L0 and side-edges of the neme-plete, and e le eessed ei* uneeiheut edge for covering the lower edge of the name-plaie.

in tesimony, that claim j[he foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAQUE DOLL, JR.

'Witnesse PAUL GOEPEL, JOHN MURTAGII. 

